News / China-US trade war providing a business bonus for South-east Asian exporters

Shippers serving the US import market may have already begun voting with their feet and moving production out of China in response to the looming threat of a full-blown trade war between the world’s largest two economies.

The 90-day abeyance period agreed by Donald Trump and Xi Jingping on the sidelines of the recent G20 meeting in Buenos Aires may be too late for some in the trade, as new research from Drewry suggests considerable volumes are beginning to switch from China ...